Extreme temperatures and mortality in Latin America: Voices are needed from the Global South

Yuming Guo; Bo Wen; Yao Wu; Rongbin Xu; Shanshan Li

doi:10.1016/j.medj.2022.09.004

Extreme temperatures and mortality in Latin America: Voices are needed from the Global South

Yuming Guo, Bo Wen, Yao Wu, Rongbin Xu, Shanshan Li

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Recent work by Kephart et al.¹ updates estimates for mortality burden attributable to non-optimal ambient temperatures in Latin America, which helps to understand the climate-related health risks and burden in less-developed areas. Here, we discuss the main findings and focus on methodology that remains controversial in heat health field.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	656-660
Number of pages	5
Journal	Med
Volume	3
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medj.2022.09.004
Publication status	Published - 14 Oct 2022

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